Some Democrats who will take the House of Representatives majority in January are willing to say that US President Donald Trump may have committed impeachable offences. But that doesn't mean they will try to impeach him - at least not yet. Democrats have been extremely cautious about the "I" word.
Why Trump won't be impeached just yet
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3 Republican buy-in needed
Pelosi has called impeachment a "divisive activity" that needs buy-in from both parties to work. "If the case is there, then that should be self-evident to Democrats and Republicans," she said. Congressman Jerry Nadler, of the House Judiciary Committee, has said there would have to be at least some Republican support. Mueller would have to produce a lot more evidence of Trump's involvement in crimes. No Republicans have so far come close to supporting impeachment.
4 Checking Trump in other ways
Democrats have tried to keep the focus on improving infrastructure and lowering healthcare costs while investigating the President.
5 What happens next
Even if the House approved impeachment, the Constitution requires an unlikely two-thirds of the GOP-led Senate to convict.
- AP